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Tuesday, November 15, 1949

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The Headlines

CITY RENT LAW HIT BY U. S. EXPEDITER IN COURT AS INVALID; State Appeals Tribunal Is Told That Sharkey Code Clashes With Federal Statute NEW YORK DEFENDS ACT Eviction Curb Is Held Within Municipal Province -- Woods Is Called Landlords' Ally City Rent Law Fought as Invalid By U. S. Expediter in State Court

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#1 on Your Hit Parade

Slipping Around

Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely

The must-have

LEGO (Automatic Binding Bricks)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

gobbledygooksnafufubar

Gi

ack-ackdear johnfatiguesroger that

Bobby Soxer

neatodreamydreamboat

Catchphrases of 1949

  • Big Brother is watching you

Tech Check

45 RPM Vinyl, Atomic Clock & Crash Test Dummies.

Cost of Living (1940)

Loaf of Bread

$0.08

Gallon of Gas

$0.18

Average Home

$2,938

New Car

$850

Time Elapsed

27,961 days ago

(76 years, 221 days)